Why is the press continually showing pics of the Tuscon shooter smiling?

Why is the press continually showing pics of the Tuscon shooter smiling?

This is a discussion on Why is the press continually showing pics of the Tuscon shooter smiling? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; It's so annoying. Alright already, he was grinning. STOP WITH THE PHOTOS.
Venting over.
cg...

It's to show how crazy all us gun nuts are, and why they need to pass new gun laws....Now don't that make you get a stupid grin on your face??
I believe that is the only reason.................Do whatever it take's to make law abidding people into crazy folks.

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It's so annoying. Alright already, he was grinning. STOP WITH THE PHOTOS.

Venting over.

cg

Why stop with the photos? His is the face of evil incarnate. Looking at pictures of his ugly mug leaves little doubt about where blame belongs for the heinous act done in Tucson. It'll be a good day when that smirk is permanently erased from his filthy face.

It's so annoying. Alright already, he was grinning. STOP WITH THE PHOTOS.

Venting over.

cg

My wife said the exact same thing. Enough is enough. This crap about his lawyer pleading him not guilty to stretch out the trial is also so wrong. There are scores of witnesses to his murderous acts. His death is the only proper recourse for what he has done.

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Its their way of influencing the audience without actually saying a word. No different than when they show a pit bull they use a picture of the pit snarling instead of licking a child s face. There is nothing impartial about it when they shop for a photo to make a point. Had the news media decided to side with the shooter you can bet they would be showing pictures of him holding a bunny and hand feeding it.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. --- Will Rogers --- Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."

I think it is done to build sympathy for this pile of rat feces. The press started by placing the blame on everyone except the actual shooter, and this is just part of the same crap. The criminal, in their minds, is always a victim too. He was poor, his mommy didn't like him, he didn't get along (or even know) his daddy, nobody 'understood' him, he got involved with a bad croud, and of course he was just about to turn his life around. Blah, Blah, blah. How often have we heard this crap?

He planned it, he did it, he knew it was wrong and knew the consequences. Like a wise man once said: "If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime".